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June 6-13, 2016 Issue

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Editorial

Monopoly Power Is on the Rise in the US. Here’s How to Fix That.

As industries become more concentrated, the state needs to step in to protect access, innovation, and fairness.

Mike Konczal

To Beat a Nasty, Brutish Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Will Have to Do Something Different

Old-school triangulation and appealing to moderates is not going to work this year.

Bruce Shapiro

Michael Ratner in front of the Supreme Court

Michael Ratner, 1943–2016

He pursued justice fearlessly, in the face of daunting odds.

David Cole

Column

Top of the Agenda

Calvin Trillin

When Religious Exemptions Are a Menace to Public Health

The Zika virus shows just how dangerous it is to let religious authority determine public policy.

Patricia J. Williams

In Cosmopolitan Vienna, It’s Easy to Miss the Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Surging Across Austria

Even conservative Austrians want a generous welfare state—but, increasingly, they don’t want it for new arrivals.

Katha Pollitt

Letters

Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue

The article, unfinished…

Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky

Books & the Arts

The Annie Dillard Show

In felicitous language, she enables us to see the world afresh. But there is always a distance, a sense of performance.

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism

The child of late empire, who transformed the field of area studies, lived a life beyond boundaries.

Scott Sherman

The Soul of the Tea Party

The Koch brothers may have paid for some buses, but Fox News and talk radio filled them with bodies.

David Bromwich

A Blues for Albert Murray

His name was never household familiar. Yet his complex, mind-opening analysis of art and life remains as timely as ever—probably more so.

Thomas Chatterton Williams

The Anthropocene Truism

Humans and the environment have never been separable. But what does the idea mean for politics?

Katrina Forrester

Don DeLillo’s American Dream

His recent protagonists dream only of money, except perhaps for the technological advances that will allow them to go on acquiring it indefinitely.

Jon Baskin

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June 6-13, 2016 Issue

Editorial

Monopoly Power Is on the Rise in the US. Here’s How to Fix That.

To Beat a Nasty, Brutish Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Will Have to Do Something Different

Michael Ratner, 1943–2016

Column

Top of the Agenda

When Religious Exemptions Are a Menace to Public Health

In Cosmopolitan Vienna, It’s Easy to Miss the Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Surging Across Austria

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Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue

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The Annie Dillard Show

Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism

The Soul of the Tea Party

A Blues for Albert Murray

The Anthropocene Truism

Don DeLillo’s American Dream

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